How to do a Homeopathic Kidney Cleanse

You may not know it, but your kidneys need cleaning on a regular basis. The kidneys do a big job for the body, and if you take good care of them, they will last you for a lifetime. Your kidneys filter your blood, produce hormones, and remove toxins and chemicals that they have removed from the blood via the urinary tract in the form of urine.  The kidneys also take care of you by regulating the water, salts, and acids in the body. Kidneys also help to keep your blood pressure regulated. They are always hard at work, filtering and cleaning around 500 quarts of blood each day.

Kidneys that need cleaning are prone to developing kidney stones. Certain salts have a way of building up in the body during certain times of stress such as an infection or a period of dehydration. Under normal circumstances they are dissolved and pass out in the urine, but once they began to build up, it does not take the salts long to form stones. These can build up in the kidneys, the bladder, or the urethra. Wherever the end of, they are extremely painful to get rid of. A regular kidney cleanse can go a long way to make sure you never suffer from an attack of kidney stones.

There are many different ways to do a homeopathic kidney cleanse. There are simple ways, such as drinking a lot of water, or eating a lot of watermelon, including the seeds if possible. Some people make a tea out of the watermelon seeds and drink it daily. It seems that these seeds have a substance in them that stimulate and clean the kidneys and bladder. A good bowel cleansing will also help to clean the kidneys. The less they have to deal with in the form of a build up of toxins in the body, the better.

Others swear by the lemonade diet as a way to clean their kidneys. A simple fast where you drink nothing but various juices and of course, plenty of water, one-half of your body weight in ounces each day, is a time honored method of homeopathic kidney cleansing. This works because any time you consciously make the decision to drink a large amount of liquid on a daily basis, you are cleaning your kidneys. Many people have accomplished a true kidney cleanse simply by drinking the amount of water a day that is listed above every day, and making sure to eat a very healthy diet along with the water.

Several herbs are available for use in cleansing the kidneys. Made into a tea, these herbs are noted for helping to flush out the kidneys. What are these herbs?

• Horsetail
• Dandelion Root
• Oat Straw
• Uva Ursi
• Marshmallow Root
• Cleavers

You can more than likely find herbal teas with these ingredients included at your local health food store. Or, you can buy the herbs themselves and brew your own tea from them.

A homeopathic kidney cleanse can rid you of kidney stones, pains in your lower back, digestive disorders, and improve your overall health. You should continue a kidney cleanse for about a week to insure than you have flushed it thoroughly.